NOTICE OF AN APPLICATION FOR A TIER IC CLASSIFICATION

Site Name:	Residential Property
Site Address:	42 Lakefield Rd., S. Yarmouth, MA  02664
RTN #:		4-14582

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Contingency Plan (MCP), 310 CMR 40.0510, an Application for a Tier 1C Classification has been submitted to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for the above referenced site. The application has been submitted based upon the following:

	•Evidence of a release of petroleum to 
groundwater at the site became available 
subsequent to the March 9, 2000 submittal of 
the Phase I Initial Site Investigation, Numerical 
Ranking System (NRS) Scoresheet and Tier II 
Classification.

	• With the new groundwater data the NRS re-
scoring was 342.

	•The site is located within a DEP-Approved 
Zone II, therefore, the Tier 1 Inclusionary 
criteria applies.

Anyone interested in reviewing the Tier 1C Application should notify the DEP in writing at: DEP, Southeast Regional Office, Bureau of Waste Site Clean-up, Permit Section, 20 Riverside Drive, Lakeville, MA 02347.  The public comment period will be 30 days from this publication and end on February 15, 2003.  If anyone notifies the DEP of her or his interest in reviewing or submitting comment on the application, DEP will conduct a public comment review period of 20 days which shall run concurrently with DEP’s Initial Technical Review of the application.  Anyone who fails to contact the DEP in writing of her/his interest in commenting on the application by the above date may be deemed to have waived her/his rights, if any, to appeal DEP’s permit decision or to intervene in an adjudicatory proceeding with respect to this application, pursuant to 310 CMR 40.0770(2).

MGL Ch 21E and the MCP provide additional opportunities for public notice of and involvement in decisions regarding response actions at disposal sites.  The Chief Municipal Officer and the Board of Health in the community in which the site is located will be notified of major milestones and events pursuant to 310 CMR40.1403, and upon receipt of petition from 10 or more residents of the municipality  affected by the disposal site, a plan for involving the public in decisions regarding response actions at the site will be prepared and implemented, pursuant to 310 CMR 40.1405.

Anyone interested in obtaining additional information may contact Mahoney & Douglas, Ltd., PO Box 473, Falmouth, MA 02541 at (508) 457-1788 or Ms. Sanchia Diallo, 41 Lakefield Road, S. Yarmouth, MA 02664 at (508) 398-9323